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I've been using Fastmail for more than a decade and I don't know why someone would trust something as important as email to a company like Google.

t-writescode 6y ago
Mailbox.org here. Happy customer so far.
Fezzik 6y ago
I second the Fastmail vote. I have been a happy user for... maybe 3 years now? A while at least. The web UI on mobile and desktop is second-to-none (I love not having an app) and the spam filtering is as good or better than gmail and the other big players.
- input_sh 6y ago
  My current yearly subscription to Fastmail was about to expire today. Didn't think about it for a second before I renewed it for the third year.
colejohnson66 6y ago
Because when it first was released, they were one of (if not the only) (free) email providers to give every user over a gigabyte of storage. At the time, most email providers only allowed mailboxes in the dozens of megabytes range. Nowadays, everywhere gives you plenty of space, but for me personally, it’s just been the fact that I’ve been using it for so long and switching is a hassle. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of other people, and for the majority, they probably also don’t care enough.
- nucleardog 6y ago
  Dozens of megabytes? Pretty sure Hotmail (which at the time was like 20% of all web traffic) was still offering a whopping 2MB of space when Gmail launched. It was only after Gmail came out that they started bumping the quota from where it had been since the mid-90s. Gmail was a HUGE deal. People were going nuts over the invites.
FpUser 6y ago
I am not sure why would one trust something as important as email to any company. Register and use your own domain. Then you are totally free in your choice and switching is no problem
- FpUser 6y ago
  Downvote for expressing reasonable opinion? Google is that you?
Icathian 6y ago
I have fastmail bookmarked waiting for me to find some time to switch over my gsuite admin and some cname redirects off of Google's platform. It's definitely past time for me to get a little less dependent on them.

t-writescode 6y ago

Mailbox.org here. Happy customer so far.

Fezzik 6y ago

I second the Fastmail vote. I have been a happy user for... maybe 3 years now? A while at least. The web UI on mobile and desktop is second-to-none (I love not having an app) and the spam filtering is as good or better than gmail and the other big players.

input_sh 6y ago
My current yearly subscription to Fastmail was about to expire today. Didn't think about it for a second before I renewed it for the third year.

colejohnson66 6y ago

Because when it first was released, they were one of (if not the only) (free) email providers to give every user over a gigabyte of storage. At the time, most email providers only allowed mailboxes in the dozens of megabytes range. Nowadays, everywhere gives you plenty of space, but for me personally, it’s just been the fact that I’ve been using it for so long and switching is a hassle. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of other people, and for the majority, they probably also don’t care enough.

nucleardog 6y ago
Dozens of megabytes? Pretty sure Hotmail (which at the time was like 20% of all web traffic) was still offering a whopping 2MB of space when Gmail launched. It was only after Gmail came out that they started bumping the quota from where it had been since the mid-90s. Gmail was a HUGE deal. People were going nuts over the invites.

FpUser 6y ago

I am not sure why would one trust something as important as email to any company. Register and use your own domain. Then you are totally free in your choice and switching is no problem

FpUser 6y ago
Downvote for expressing reasonable opinion? Google is that you?

Icathian 6y ago

I have fastmail bookmarked waiting for me to find some time to switch over my gsuite admin and some cname redirects off of Google's platform. It's definitely past time for me to get a little less dependent on them.